I agree, a silver medal is great...BUT
She * Ham'd * it up to brag and mock...is that sportsmanship?
She deserves to be mocked, hope it makes her a stronger person.
Deserves to be mocked??? That just strikes me as a tad over the top. She is a world class athlete who gave it her all, and instead of being praised all anyone on NBC could talk about was her mistake. It just nauseates me. And I think the hamming is not bad sportsmanship, it is just the way the sport is played. here is my blog entry on the race... Jenny
"I was having fun," she said. "Snowboarding is fun. I was ahead. I wanted to share my enthusiasm with the crowd. I messed up. Oh well, it happens." "Coasting to what should have been a runaway victory Friday, the 20-year-old American grabbed her board on the second-to-last jump before the finish line. Inexplicably -- and
some say inexcusably -- she fell...." "And because of it, Jacobellis
had a lot of explaining to do."
I thought the Bob Costas interview of Lindsey after her snowboardcross race was so mean. She tried to defend her race, and stick up for her silver medal several times, but he was not hearing any of it. Already branding her a "show off" with his words and previous stories, it was almost like he was expecting her to give the world an apology for getting a second place medal. It is those very hot dogging qualities that got Lindsay to her current #1 in the world position in snowboarding. I felt that her interview last night and the general tsk tsking that was going on by the commentators was so uncalled for. It's like NBC was collectively hand wringing and "if Only'ing" while Lindsay was trying to enjoy her 2nd place win - nothing to sneeze at. Who cares if she crashed at the end of her run? She is a gutsy, beautiful young athlete who put it all on the line for her sport and for her country. And I hated watching the dissing of her, to her face by Bob Costas, while she was trying to enjoy the fact that she did awesome overall. I praise her, for her lifetime of fearless competition, training, and willingness to compete in a sport that put several snoboarders in the hospital yesterday.
Jenny Hatch